Rotatable buck reciprocating head pressing machine



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Patented June 5, 1951 ROTATABLE BUCK RECIPROCATING HEAD PRESSING MACHINE Otto H. Pearson, Salt Lake City, Utah, assignor to Louis N. Strike, Salt Lake City, Utah Application April 2, 1945, Serial No. 586,053

4 Claims.

The present invention relates to pressing machines, and more particularly to a pressing machine that is especially adapted for pressing shirt bosoms, although the machine has other uses.

An important object of the invention is to provide a machine of the character mentioned that will vertically support a garment to be pressed, in order that it may hang by gravity to aid in removing wrinkles, and successively feed garments to a single pressing head.

Another object is to provide such a machine that will rotatably support a plurality of vertically mounted pressing bucks that are arranged for the operator to remove a garment from, and place another garment on, one buck, while another buck is having a garment pressed thereon.

A further object is to provide such a machine that is arranged for the operator to stand at one side thereof to run same, While the pressing is being .done on the side away from the operator, to minimize the amount of heat to which the operator is subjected.

Still another object is to provide a self-centering pressing head to compensate for unevenness in manufacturing, in material being pressed, and in the padding on the buck.

Other objects are to provide clamping means to hold a part of the garment during pressing, and to automatically release same after pressing, and to provide in buck rotating means mechanism to withdraw steam through the padding on the bucks, thereby removing moisture from the garment through the padding.

My invention also has for its objects to provide such means that are positive in operation,

convenient in use, easily installed in a working ment of the present invention, which is given by way of illustration or example only.

The following applications have been filed as divisions of this application: Ser. No. 715,687 (issued December 14, 1948, as Patent No. 2,456,- 145), Ser. No. 715,688 (issued January 10, 1950, as Patent No. 2,493,997), and Ser. No. 715,689, now Patent No. 2,532,032, issued November 28, 1950.

In the drawings, like reference characters designate similar parts in the several views.

Fig, 1 is a side elevation of a machine embodying the foregoing features.

Fig. 2 is a perspective, rear view of a buck comprised in said embodiment.

Fig. 3 is a broken, perspective view of the upper portion of a pressing head element and associated collar clamping means.

Fig. 4 is a diagrammatic view of certain con nections hereinafter more fully described.

Fig. 5 is a vertical, sectional view, with parts broken away, of said embodiment.

Fig. 6 is a rear, elevational view, partly in section and partly broken away, looking in the direction of the arrow 6 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 7 is a sectional view, taken on the line 1-1 of Fig. 6.

Fig. 8 is an enlarged, perspective view of control mechanism at the front of the machine.

Fig. 9 is a side elevation, partly in section and partly broken away, of the mechanism shown in Fig. 8.

Fig. 10 is a broken, horizontal section, taken on the line Ill-40 of Fig. 9.

Fig. 11 is a sectional view, taken on the line Hll of Fig. 9.

Fig. 12 is an enlarged, elevational view of a collar clamp supporting and controlling mechanism at the top of said embodiment.

Fig. 13 is a horizontal, sectional view on the line l3|3 of Fig. 12.

Fig. 14 is a broken, sectional view, taken on the line Hll4 of Fig. 12.

Fig. 15 is an elevation, partly in section, 1ooking in the direction of the arrow l5 of Fig. 12.

Fig. 16 is a transverse, sectional view, taken on the line IB6 of Fig. 12.

Fig. 17 is a perspective view of a collar clamp pivoting member hereinafter more fully described.

Fig. 18 is an enlarged, vertical section, taken on. the line 18-48 of Fig. 5.

Fig. 19 is a vertical, sectional view, taken on the offset line I9l9 of Fig. 18.

Fig. 20 is a transverse section taken on the line ill-29 of Fig. 19.

Fig. 21 is a perspective view of a control rod hereinafter more fully described.

Fig. 22 is an elevational View, looking in the direction of the arrow 22 of Fig.1.

Fig. 23 is a vertical section, taken on the line 2323 of Fig. 22.

Fig. 24 is a section, taken on the line 24-24 of Fig. 23.

Fig. 25 is a rear view of a pressing head cominterior of the chests.

3 prised in the invention, shown partly broken away. I

Fig. 26 is a side elevation of said pressing head.

Fig. 2'? is a section, taken on the line 21-21 of Fig. 25.

Fig. 28 is a vertical section through pressmg bucks and steam exhausting means comprised in the invention.

Fig. 29 is a broken transverse section taken on the line 229 of Fig. 28.

Referring more in detail to the drawings, the reference numbers 36 designate side members of a frame for the present pressing machine.

Flanged feet 3| may be bolted to the floor. The side members have upwardly extending integral arm portions 52 that pivotally support a head actuating lever 33 fulcrumed at 34 on said arms.

A pressing head 35 is fed forwardly and rearwardly by the lever 33 through the intermediary of a link 38 mounted on a plate 31 that, in turn, carries the head 35 by means of bolts 38. The bolts 38 are loosely mounted in the plate 3?, although a rounded portion 60 in the center area of the plate 31 bears directly upon an abutment 6! on the back of the head 35. Thus, pressure is transmitted directly from plate 51 to the pressing head 35 through the rounded portion 50. The floating connection of the four corners of the plate 31 permits, substantially even pressure over the entire area of the pressing head and buck, since the rounded portion Gil permits the pressing head to tip or rock in order to conform to the opposed buck. Coil springs'3e are arranged between the heads of the bolts 33 and the plate 31, to yieldingly resist, but permit rocking movement of the head 35 relative to the plate 31.

The link 3% is pivotally connected with the lever 33 by a pin 46. In order to feed the head 35 forward in an upright position to the buck, a rod 41 is slidable in a lower pivoted shank 42 and is threadedly connected with an upper pivoted shank 43. A pin 44 pivots a sleeve 45 on the lower shank d2 upon the sides 35 of the frame,

while a pin 46 pivots the upper shank member 43 I The bottom of the socket in the on the link 36. shank 42 provides a limit for the downward swinging movement of the link 38, by means of rod 4!, but the sliding relation of the rod 41 ll).

the shank 42 permits upward swinging move-,

ment of the link 35 in order to eifect the head 35 to press evenly against the buck over the entire pressing area of the head and buck. The rod may be adjusted by screwing in and out of the shank 43 and held in position by a lock nut 53. This adjustment of the rod 4| regulates the .downward limit of the swinging movement of the complementary halves of which are bolted together, as suggested at 53. The complementary halves of the upper ring have tubular supports 5 connecting the interiors of chests 234 at the rear of the bucks 33 and 39 with the interior of the hollow column 55. As shown in Fig. Y

28, a partition separates the padded portion 256 of each buck 4S and %9 from the chests 23 3. Apertures 23? through the partitions 235 connect the interior of the padding 235 with the The padding is shown covered with a porous fabric 238. The complementary halves of the lower ring 52 carry opposed plates 55 that support the lower ends of the bucks. Bolts 56 fasten flanges 64 to the backs of the bucks 48 and 49 (see Fig. 18).

Integral with the standard 50 at the bottom thereof is a circular base or flange 5'1 that is peripherally grooved at 58. A V-belt I34, shown in Fig. 9, may be used to engage and drive the base 51 by means of the circumferential groove 53 thereof. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that any suitable driving means (not shown) may be employed for driving thebelt I34.

It will be noted, especially in Fig. 2, that coil springs 55 and 81 are employed to draw the padding 58 tight upon the bucks.

A tail clamp mechanism is employed in the present construction. Mounted on a plate 69, bolted to the back of each of the bucks 48 and 4.9, as best shown in Figs. 18 and 19, are ears 1!], for pivotally supporting a toggle link H by means of a screw '12. Another toggle link 13 is pivotally mounted endwise with the link H, as suggested at 14. A coil spring '15 around the toggle link 13 abuts against a shoulder member 16 and against a rotary pin 11, in which the link '13 slides as the toggle moves from one side to the other of dead center. The full lines in Fig. 19 show the toggle at one side of dead center, and the broken lines 13 show the toggle at the other side of dead center. The rotary pin 11 is pivotally mounted upon the lugs 19 on the plate 69. Slidable through a boss on the plate 59 is a plunger 8| that carries a circumferentially grooved nut 82. The circumferential groove 83 in the nut 82 is engaged by screws 84, to permitrotation of the nut since the groove is engaged by the screws. 7

The opposite endof the plunger Bl has fixed thereon a shirt tail clamping blade 85. The plunger 8! is helically grooved at 86, as perhaps best shown in Fig. 21. A stationary finger 81 is mounted in an opening 58 in the padding on the bucks 48, 49. The finger 81 engaging the helical groove 85 causes longitudinal movement of the plunger 8| to be changed to spiral movement of the plunger. This spiral movement turns the clamping plate 85 from the full line position to the broken. line position in Fig. 19 when the toggle goes from the full line position to the broken line position it in the same figure.

The normally lower end of the toggle link 'H has a roller 89 that engages the inner face of a fixed cam plate 90, as perhaps best shown in Fig. 20. As shown in said figure, the cam plate 93 causes the roller 89 to move the toggle over dead center during the rotation of the bucks on the frame, as the bucks return from the pressing head to the front of the machine. In use, the operator merely pushes the clamping plate 85 from the broken line position to the full line position, shown in Fig. 19, when the tail 9| of the shirt is smoothed down. This clamping plate 85 holds the shirt down firmly during pressing.

The pressing head 35is shown comprising a grooved pressing plate 92 provided with a smooth pressing surface 93. As shown in Fig. 25, strengthening and spacing ribs 94 on the back of the plate Q2 provide channels 95 therebetween and space a rear plate 96 from the pressing plate, to provide a steam space. Top and bottom headers 5'! and 98 hold the rear plate 95 in position and provide steam-tight closures at the ends of the plate 95.

A steam inlet conduit 95 has branches Hi9 and ill! in Y formation, the top of which extend near the top of the space inside the pressing head 35. The bottom header 98 provides a sump interiorly for the reception of products of condensation, which are withdrawn by a conduit I02 that extends near the bottom thereof. Due to the movability of the pressing head 35, it is necessary that the conduits 99 and I02 be flexible. I03 are employed to fasten the rear plate 96 to the spacing ribs 94.

A form I04 is shown in detail in Figs. 22 and 23, for the collar of a shirt. A resilient band I05 is bolted at its ends to the form I04, as shown at I06. A cushion I01 at the side of the form I04 is arranged behind the band I05 to yieldingly mount the band. A hook I08 hangs outwardly from the form I 04. Suitable fastening means I99 pin the inner end of the hook I03 to the form I04, while the outer, hanging end has lateral ears IIO under which the tabs of a shirt collar are tucked when the collar is turned up dura ing pressing, as shown in Fig. 12. Bolts I II support the form I94 from back-plates I I2, which, in turn, are bolted as shown at H3, to the bucks 48 and 49 respectively.

A standard I M is mounted upon and rotates with the column 50. The standard I I4 has lateral pins II5 projecting laterally from the standard. A bearing II 6 carries rocking arms I I1. A bushing IIB is arranged in the bearing H6, as shown in Fig. 12. Pivotally mounted on pins II9 in knuckles I He at the outer ends of the arms II1, are brackets I that carry resilient collar clamping bands I2I, the collar tab being suggested at I22 in Fig. 12. A plate I23 connects the pair of brackets I20 for conjunctive movement.

Handles I24 are bolted to the top of the plates I23 respectively, as perhaps best shown at I25 in Fig. 15. The handles are for the manual operation of the clamping bands I2I. Lever arms I26 on one handle I24 are connected by pivots 226 with corresponding lever arms on the other handle I24 by means of connecting rods I21. With the pins I 19 as fulcrums, when one handle I24 is rocked so that the band I2I assumes a clamping position around the collar, the opposite collar clamp I2I is raised, through the intermediary of the connecting rods I21 and the lever arms I26 on the other handle I 24.

The handles I24 also have lugs I26, shown in Fig. 15, for connecting with coil springs which springs, in turn, are hooked around set screws I39, projecting laterally from a band I35, as shown enlarged in Fig. 16. The set screws are also useful in adjusting the band I9! vertically on the standard I I4.

The base 51 is rotatably supported on ball bearings I32 in a race I42 provided by the underside of the base 51 and a relatively stationary supporting table I33, which is mounted on the frame 30. groove 58 is shown at I34. A C-clamp I35 is bolted to the underside of the fixed table I33, as suggested at I36, and extends over the top of the rotary base 51 and supports a gib key I31 contacting the top of the rotary base 51.

Depending from the stationary table I33, is a plurality of brackets 39, I59 and I40. In Fig. 8 there are shown two brackets numbered I39, which together support a rotary pin I 43. The

bracket I36 pivotally supports at I44 a link I45 of a toggle. The other link of the toggle is shown at I46, which latter link is longitudinally slidable in the rotary pin I43. A coil spring I49 snaps the toggle one way or the other from dead center. A tapered reciprocating locking member I49 is Spot welds The V-shaped driving belt for engaging the Cir movable into and out of a correspondingly shaped recess I in the rotary base 51, to lock the rotary bucks in a position for changing the garment on one buck and for pressing the garment on the other buck.

The toggle I45, I46, controls the locking member I49. A pin I5I pivotally connects the toggle link I45 with the locking member I49. When the toggle I45, I46 snaps below dead center, the locking member I49 is moved out of locking position, as shown in Fig. 9, and when the toggle I45, I46 snaps above dead center position, the spring I48 tends to move the locking member into engagement with the opening I50.

Depending from the locking member I49 is a rod I52 that has an abutment collar I53 "with a spring cushion I54 thereunder. An arm I55 on the actuating mechanism, hereinafter more fully described, withdraws the locking member I49 from the recess I50 at a predetermined point in the operation of the mechanism, the spring I54 providing a means to cushion the contact of the arm I55 with the abutment collar I53. The outer end E56 of the arm I55 is slotted, as shown at I51. The rod has a pivotal connection I58 with the locking member I49. A pin I59 closes the end of the slot I51 to prevent the escape of the rod I52 therefrom.

An upstanding finger I60 on the outer end of the link I45 rotatably supports an abutment roller I5I. The roller I6I rides on the corner I62 of the relatively stationary table I 33 during most of the rotation of the rotary bas 51. Cam projections I63 on opposite parts of the rotary base 51 engage the roller I6I in the rotation of the base and move the roller to its broken line position in Fig. 9, which breaks the toggle and pushes the toggle over dead center, to move the locking member I49 into its locking opening I50. There are two cams I53, so as to lock the rotary mechanism each half turn, when one or the other of the rotary bucks is at the front of the machine and the other is opposite the pressing head. During the time that base 51 is locked, belt I34 slips in the groove 58 of said base.

Extending downward from the outer end. of the link I45 is an integral arm I64 that carries an adjustable spring stop pin I65, as best shown-in Fig. 11. The pin I55 has a reduced shank I66 around which is coiled a spring I61. The spring is housed in a cap I68 that has hexagonal heads, as shown in Figs. 8 and 9. The pin I slides in a sleeve I59 on the arm I64. A disk I10 shrunk in the cap I60 closes the outer end thereof. The shoulder I1I provided by the reduced end I66 affords an abutment for the spring I61, which has a cushioning effect upon the pin I65.

The pin I65 is movable by the arm I64 to and from a position engaging an operating shank I12 on a valve I13, hereinafter more fully described.

The actuating mechanism for the machine comprises a prime mover I14 which consists of a piston I16 and cylinder I15. The cylinder I15 is mounted to rock upon a ball and socket connection I11, which connection, in turn, is mounted on a platform I18 fixed between the side plates 30 on the frame of the machine. The piston rod I19 on the piston I16 carries a coil spring I80.that tends to move the piston rod I19 out of the cylinder I15.

Roller bearing means 18!, on the outer end of th piston rod I19, ride on a fixed track I32, I83. The portion I82 of the track is for the more rapid movement of the pressing head toward a closing 'ciprocating barrel 294.

. 7 position while the track I83 is for the slower, more powerful, final closing motion.

Amtoggle is arranged to operate the pressing head lever 33, consisting of links I34 and I85, pivoted together at I83. Floating bearings I81 journal the pivot I86, while floating bearing I88 journals the lower end of the link I85 to the toggle joint. The upper end of the link 585 is rotatably mounted on a stub shaft I89 on lever 33.

The hereinbefore mentioned arm IE is an integral elongation of the toggle I84, which is mounted to rock on the shaft I95 on the frame of the machine.

The link I84 has a lug I93 that is connected with a rod I91, which, in turn, is connected with a lever I98 on a cushioning or dashpot check device, shown in Fig. 7. Said device comprises a cylindrical housing I99. The housing I99 pivotally supports the end of lever I98, by means of the shaft 203. The lever E98 is keyed to the shaft. A crank arm 2!" also fixed on the shaft 295 has a rounded end 292 fitting in a recess 293 in a re- Screws 235 and 233 may be adjusted to control the amount and rate of flow of liquid into and out of the barrel 234. It is believed clear that a body of liquid is contained in the housing I99. The restrictions to the passage of the liquid into and out of the barrel cause the cushioning effect of the present dashpot device.

- A pair of large return springs 2H] is employed to move the pressing head 35 to open position. Valve I13 has a tubular connection 2I2 leading to the control mechanism for the main driving cylinder. I15. Said control mechanism may be such as the diaphragm chamber 51, shown in Pearson, et al., Patent No. 2,207,468, issued July 9, 1940. The present actuating mechanism is similar-to that shown in Gates, et al., Patent No. 2,- 269,308, issued January 6, 1942, to which reference .is made for a more detailed explanation of .The plunger normally closes the passage of air from the source of compressed air to the prime 'mover control conduit 2I2, as shown in Fig. 11.

The actuating mechanism per se forms no part of the present invention, so further detailed illustration and explanation are not believed necessary, and especially the pneumatic system for controlling the said mechanism, since a suitable pneumatic system is shown and described in detail in said Pearson patent.

As best shown in Fig. 28, the stationary base I33 has an upstanding trunnion 233, around which the column 50 and base 51 rotate in snug relationship. The hollow interior of the trunnion 230, at its lower end, connects with a conduit 23I, through which steam-laden air is exhausted by means of a blower 232 driven by a motor 7 2 3 3.

1 Operation Then the clamping band I2I is lowered around ill the collar, to hold it in position, by means of the handle I24. The springs I29 tend to swing the rocker arm III about its pivot II5, which movement clamps the band I2I tight around the collar. Lowering movement of one clamping band I 2| causes the other clamping band I2! to be raised up from its position on the other buck. The connecting rods effect this corresponding operation.

The shirt is smoothed down upon the buck and the tail clamp is pushed inward toward the buck. When the toggle links H and 13 have snapped over dead center, the spring 15 tends to draw the clamp '85 tight against the shirt, to hold same firm during pressing. The plate 85 turns from an upright position, which provides the least obstruction, while the shirt is being placed on the buck, to a crosswise position, in order to provide a maximum clamping width.

When the buck has reached the position opposite the pressing head 35, the prime mover is actuated by suitable means to cause the lever 33 to swing about to shaft 35. By the mechanism described, the head moves forward toward the opposed buck in a generally upright position. That is, the pressing head 35 does not swing in an arc along with the lever 33. The rod t! and its associated shanks prevent the swinging movement of the pressing head. The mounting of th head 35 upon the plate 31 hereinbefore described, permits the head to conform to the shape and thickness of the padding 0n the two bucks from the time the paddingis first placed thereon until considerably flattened near the end of its useful life.

Steam is admitted to the pressing head 35 through the conduit 99 when the head is in a pressing position.

The heat that is thereby applied to a moist garment on an opposed buck causes the emission of steam from the garment. This steam is drawn through the porous fabric covering 238 of the buck, through the padding 235, through the apertures 23?, through the chest 234, through the tubular supports 54, through the column 50, through the hollow trunnion 236, through conduit 231, and discharged by the blower 232 into the atmosphere. Of course the same operation takes place irrespective of which buck is opposite the pressing head.

During the rotation of the buck from a position opposite the pressing head at the front of the machine, the roller 89 rides on the cam plate 98, thus releasing the shirt tail clamp 85 from the shirt, so the shirt will be ready to be removed from the buck when it returns to the front of the machine, the collar clamping band I2I having been lifted while the shirt was being pressed on the other buck.

When one of the cams I63 engages the roller I6I, the roller is moved outwardly to the broken line position shown in Fig. 9, thereby tilting the toggle link I45 downwardly about its fulcrum and moving the toggle connection upwardly over dead center. This operation: (1) causes the locking member I49 to enter one of the recesses I50 in the rotary base 51, thus locking the base against rotation; (2) during the downward movement of the link I45, the pin I55 on the arm I64 of said link, engages the valve stem I12 and thereby moves the plunger 2 I 5 to the right in Fig. 11, thus uncovering the connection between the conduits 2 I4 and 2 I 2 through the valve I13, which actuates the prime mover to move the pressing head 35 to a pressing position. This operation provides a safety factor, as it will be noted that the air is not supplied to the prime mover until and unless the rotary base (and thereby the rotary bucks) ar locked against rotation.

The arrangement of the springs 129 will be noted in Fig. 12. When the axis of the springs extends thru the axis of the pins 226, that is dead center in the movement of the springs. The springs I29 snap to the right or left (as shown in Fig. 12) of that dead center. The springs thereby tend to hold the clamping collars to whatever position they are moved.

While I have illustrated and described what I now regard as the preferred embodiment of my invention, the construction is, of course, subject to modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention. I, therefore, do not wish to restrict myself to the particular form of construction illustrated and described, but desire to avail myself of all modifications that may fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a garment pressing machine, a support frame, a plurality of pressing bucks, mechanism rotatably mounted on said frame and supporting the bucks and arranged to carry the same in an endless path, actuators carried by said mechanism and movable with the bucks, locking means for said mechanism connected to the frame and embodying over-center, snap-acting spring means normally retaining the locking means in nonlocking position, a pressing head, prime mover means carried by the fram and connected to move the pressing head to and from the path defined by the bucks, a normally closed valve having fluid connection with the prime mover to control the latter, said actuators, when a buck is opposite the pressing head, tripping the over-center means to move the locking means to lock said mechanism and the bucks thereon, a member moved by the actuators to engage and open said valve subsequent to the said movement of the locking means to cause the prime mover to move the pressing head into pressing engagement with the buck opposite thereto, a member carried by the frame and moved by the prime mover to engage and move the over-center means to restore the same to initial position to simultaneously unlock said mechanism and release said valve to close 1 normally retaining the locking means in non locking position, said latter means including a pivoted member having a roller at one end and a locking bolt connected to the other end, said actuators comprising cam lugs mounted on the periphery of the buck-supporting mechanism and movable with said mechanism to move the roller and thereby the locking bolt to locking position, a pressing head, prime mover means carried by the frame and connected to move the pressing head to and from the path defined by the bucks,

a normally closed valve having fiuid connection with the prime mover to control the latter, said actuators, when a buck is opposite th pressing head, tripping the over-center means to move the locking means to lock said mechanism and the bucks thereon, a member moved by the actuators to engage and open said valve subsequent to the said movement of the locking means to cause the prime mover to move the pressing head into pressing engagement with the buck opposite thereto, a member carried by the frame and moved by the prime mover to engage and move the over-center means to restore the same to iniial position to simultaneously unlock said mechanism and release said valve to close after the head has achieved pressing position, means automatically returning the head to non-pressing position while said valve is closed, and means for moving the bucksupporting mechanism to move the next buck into pressing position.

3. In a garment pressing machine, in combination, a pressing head, a plurality of pressing bucks, a rotating support mounting said bucks for movement in a circular path relative to said head to sequentially position the bucks in operative association with the head, indexing mechanism for effecting the mentioned movement of the support and buclrs, a fixed frame mounting the rotating support and the head, locking means carried by said frame and actuated by the rotating support to lock the latter to the frame when a buck achieves an operative position relative to the head, fluid-operated means including a prime mover to move the head into pressing engagement with the buck operatively associated therewith, and a normally closed valve mounted on said frame and actuated by said locking means to control admission of fluid pressure to said prime mover, whereby when said locking means is actuated to lock said rotating support, said valve is simultaneously opened to admit pressure fluid to said prime mover.

4. The combination according to claim 3: a lever pivoted to said frame, one end of said lever being attached to said prime mover, the other end of said lever being engageable with said locking means, whereby said locking means is withdrawn and simultaneously said valve is released when said prime mover is actuated, and means for the storing said prime mover to its initial position when said valve is released, thereby retracting said head to a non-pressing position.

OTTO H. PEARSON.

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